Short Story Saturday was created by Lauren at 365 Days of Reading. I can’t guarantee that I’ll post a review every Saturday but I will post one as often as I can!
I am currently reading Two And Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes.
Short Story: Life in a Shoe
Author: Heidi R. Kling
Anthology: Two And Twenty Dark Tales
Summary: Life in a Shoe is a retelling of There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.
My thoughts: I was severely disappointed with this short story. I loved Heidi R. Kling’s novel, Sea, and I expected more from this short story. While the writing was just as good as in Sea, the story was way too short. I felt like I had just started it when it ended. There was not enough for me to connect to the characters or sympathize with them. It needed to be more fleshed out.
Overall, Life in a Shoe fell flat for me. It was just too short for me to really get anything from it other than a sense of disappointment.
Thats too bad. It sounded interesting. Maybe she’ll expound upon the story and make it a full length book.
Oh no! How disappointing… Short stories are really difficult to do well. It’s been my experience that they’re either amazing (rare) or turn out really, really badly…
http://www.katlovesbooks.blogspot.com
That is mainly the reason why I never read anthologies-the length. I just can’t get a feel for the characters and the plot is always underdeveloped. Novellas I love, because you already know the characters and their backstory, so it’s just a little bonus. The background in a novel alone is sometimes the length of a short story. Good review though, Katie!
Alise @ Readers In Wonderland
That’s one of my favorite fairytales! I would love to see it in a full-length graphic novel actually 🙂
Too bad this was too short.